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HAND RUBBR FOR WASHING.

180.285.288. Patented sept. 18', 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC T. GREENE, OF MIIIFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF NEIIALF TO DAVIDE. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

`wanna-RUBBER Foie WASHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part 'of Letters Patent No. 285,256, datedSeptember 18, 1883.

Application filed February 1, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, IsAAc T. GREENE, of Milford,. in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedHand-Rubber for Clothes-Washing, of which the following is a full,clear, and eX- act description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciIic-ation, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improvement. Fig.2 is a sectional end elevation of the same, taken through the line a"fr, Figi I.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the washing of clothes.

The roller-carrying plate is secured to the holder detachably byspring-catches, and the rubber is provided with a handle for conveniencein operating it, as will be hereinafter C is a handle, the ends of which`are connected with the sides of the holder A B by uprights D, which maybe attached to or formed upon the said handle, and which are attached tothe sides of the holder A B by rivets or other suitable means.

E is a plate, of sheet metal or other suitable material, of such a sizeas to fit into the interior of the holder A B. Theends of the plate Ehave upwardly-projecting flanges E formed upon or attached to them,which extend upward along the inner sides of the ends of the holder A B,so as to keep the plate Eparallel with and at a suitable distance fromthe holder-plate A. Upon the side edges of the plate E are formed, or tothem are attached, downwardly-projecting iianges E2, in which are]'ournaled theends .of a number of rollers, F.

The rollers F may be made smooth, or they may be grooved or corrugatedtransversely; but I prefer to corrugatethemlongitudinally, as shown inFigs. l and 2. The latter construction is preferred, as giving therollers a better hold upon the clothes, and thus .making them "moreeffective.' The ends of the anges E2 should be beveled or rounded toprevent them from catching upon the clothes.

To the edges of the The plate E should be about upon a level with or alittle above the lower edge of the flange B, so that the rollers F willproject below the said flange B, as shown in Figs. l and 2. The plate Eand its attached rollers are secured to the holder A B by springcatchesG, attached to the middle side parts of the said plate E, and whichproject into apertures II in the side flanges B and the handle-uprightD, so as to hold the said plate E and its rollers F securely in place.By this construction a space or chamber is formed between t-he plates BE to receive a cake of soap, as indicated in Figs. l and 2. The plate Ehas a number of holes, I, formed through it for the passage of water, sothat as the rubber is operated the friction of. the soap upon the plateE may forni a sudswhich will be applied to the clothes by the passage ofthe water through the apertures I in the plate'E. The plate E can hedetached for the insertion and removal of the soap by pressing thespring catches G inward. In using the rubber a piece of soap is placedin the chamber of the said rubber, the clothes to be washed are spreadevenly upon an ordinary washingboard, and are held and adjusted with onehand, while the rubber is moved back and forth over them with the otherhand, by which operation the clothes will be washed quickly andthoroughly.

I am aware that it is not new to combine, ina washing-machine, wheelsand rollers with a reservoir arranged on the wash-board, provided with avalve and having a perforated bottom, or a rubber with rollers, flanges,and a perforated plate, or to combine a suspended vibratoryrubbing-board with a concave of rollers in a vat or tank; but

VhatI-do claim as new and of my invention is A washing-machine rubberformed of the holder A B, provided with a handle and base, the latterconsisting of the perforated plate E, having upwardly extending flange Eand `downwardlyextending flange E2, the rollers F, journaled in theflanges''Ez, and means for` fastening the holder and base together, asdescribed.

ISAAC T. GREENE.

XVI tness es c OWEN T. CLARKE, L. F. BALDWIN IOO

